La Chèze

Côtes-d'Armor · CC Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre · INSEE 22039

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink.

Partly served 41.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 83 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Chèze (INSEE 22039) is in Côtes-d'Armor (22), part of CC Loudéac Communauté - Bretagne Centre. Population 578 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Rural à habitat dispersé (level 6). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/22039-la-cheze

Vitality score

Vitality score 41.7/100 — Partly served (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 83 % of the 17,272 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0.21	25	5.27
Social	0.32	20	6.32
Education	0.86	10	8.65
Health	0.32	10	3.16
Public & culture	0.63	5	3.16
Population trend	0.47	10	4.68
Housing mix	0.84	5	4.21

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 1 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 1 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 1 of 4

Public services 1 of 1

Culture 1 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 2 of 3

Lodging 1 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A food shop, a school and somewhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Bakery (boulangerie) (LA CROUSTILLANTE). ^[3,4]

1 × Café / bar. ^[4]

2 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE J CADORET · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE ST LOUIS DE MONTFORT). ^[3]

1 × Pharmacy (PHARMACIE DU LIE). ^[3,4]

1 × Post office / agence postale (LA CHEZE AP). ^[3]

1 × Library (BIBLIOTHÈQUE LA CHEZE). ^[3]

2 × Bank (CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DES COTES D'ARMOR). ^[3]

1 × Hairdresser. ^[3,4]

1 × Campsite (CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA RIVIERE). ^[3,4]

Not counted, because the business register records them as closed: 1 × Grocery (épicerie / supérette).

Not found in the commune: Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste). ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	1	LA CROUSTILLANTE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE SIRENE 1 / INSEE BPE 0 [4]
Café / bar	1		INSEE SIRENE 1 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	2	ECOLE PRIMAIRE J CADORET · ECOLE ELEMENTAIRE PRIVEE ST LOUIS DE MONTFORT	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	1	PHARMACIE DU LIE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	1	LA CHEZE AP	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Library	1	BIBLIOTHÈQUE LA CHEZE	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	2	CAISSE LOCALE CREDIT AGRICOLE · CAISSE REGIONALE DE CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL DES COTES D'ARMOR	INSEE BPE 2 [3]
Hairdresser	1		INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	1	CAMPING MUNICIPAL LA RIVIERE	INSEE BPE 1 / INSEE SIRENE 1 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 587 peak 2007: 613 2023: 578 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 570 (2012) → 578 (2023): 1.4 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 597 (1990) → 578 (2023): -3.2 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 378, of which 7.9 % second homes and 11.9 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Primary school, Pharmacy GP — 3.5 km WFood shop — 6.3 km NE Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (La Chèze): 0.1 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Plémet): 6.3 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

GP (Saint-Barnabé): 3.5 km to the west (straight line). ^[10]

Pharmacy (La Chèze): 0.1 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Primary school (La Chèze): 0.3 km to the south-east (straight line). ^[8]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 4.4

Days at or below 0 °C 25.8

Muggy days a summer 1.7

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 4 days a year at or above 30 °C and 26 days at or below 0 °C, over 25 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the LOUDEAC weather station, 8.8 km away at 130 m; the village itself is at 74 m. ^[11]

The village sits 56 m below the station, so each day's reading was shifted by 5.71 °C per km of altitude before the days were counted. Expect the result to be within about 0.68 °C. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 2 days a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at PLOUGUENAST, 16.4 km away at 235 m, over 30 summers. ^[11]

That station sits 161 m above the village, so each day's humidity was shifted by 4.22 °C per km before the muggy days were counted. ^[11]

An average of 896 mm of rain a year, spread over 136 days — about 6.6 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at PLEMET, 5.9 km away at 90 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22039/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22039/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22039/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 22039/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22039
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22183
INSEE BPE 2025 — 22275
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vieux-Rouen-sur-Bresle	76	371 km NE	583	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Monchy-Lagache	80	458 km NE	593	32.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Bellencombre	76	333 km NE	564	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 85 %
Liart	08	542 km E	585	49.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 31 %
Challonges	74	684 km E	610	41.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %
Villers	42	566 km E	602	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Bellencombre	76	333 km NE	564	38.2	Few services	Much the same temperatures.summer 90 % · winter 85 %
Vieux-Rouen-sur-Bresle	76	371 km NE	583	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Monchy-Lagache	80	458 km NE	593	32.9	Few services	Similar summers, colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 77 % · humidity 93 %
Liart	08	542 km E	585	49.9	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.summer 85 % · winter 31 %
Villers	42	566 km E	602	38.2	Few services	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 55 % · humidity 93 %
Challonges	74	684 km E	610	41.2	Partly served	Warmer summers and colder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 54 % · winter 68 % · humidity 93 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to La Chèze's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Vieux-Rouen-sur-Bresle	76	371 km NE	583	36.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Morteaux-Coulibœuf	14	210 km NE	601	39.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Gausson	22	20 km N	648	30.3	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 95 % · humidity 93 %
Le Loroux	35	121 km E	621	30.9	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 88 % · humidity 93 %
Gueures	76	326 km NE	522	30.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %
Brachy	76	323 km NE	663	36.8	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 96 % · humidity 93 %

Elsewhere

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